What the New York Times said: "When a series starts off great and just keeps getting better, it's television-classic time. And as "The Larry Sanders Show" racks up its fifth 13-week season, that's precisely what is happening on HBO."

What the Washington Post said: "Dharma & Greg goes beyond merely funny all the way to enchanting. There's nothing momentous or groundbreaking about the new ABC sitcom, but it's good-hearted, lightheaded and delightful, a kind of miracle cure for the blues -- especially the blues you might get from most of the other new sitcoms this season."

What Entertainment Weekly said: "This may be the first TV show since Pee-wee's Playhouse to treasure youth even as it embodies all of its contradictions, craziness, hopes, and fears (and I'd like to point out that Freaks is the only hour-long sitcom I've ever seen that sustains funniness for its full 60 minutes)."

What the Boston Herald said: "The new episodes are brilliant, proving the first season wasn't a fantastic fluke."

The Sopranos: Season 2

Metascore: 97

User score: 9.3

What the Boston Herald said: "The new episodes are brilliant, proving the first season wasn't a fantastic fluke."

Photo: Craig Blankenhorn, Associated Press

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2001

The Office (UK): Season 1

Metascore: 98

User score: 8.6

What PopMatters said: "In 10 years of reviewing film and television for various publications, no comedy has given me as much pleasure as The Office."

The Office (UK): Season 1

Metascore: 98

User score: 8.6

What PopMatters said: "In 10 years of reviewing film and television for various publications, no comedy has given me as much pleasure as The Office."

Photo: Associated Press

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2002

The Office (UK): Season 2

Metascore: 93

User score: 8.8

What Entertainment Weekly said: "The pleasure to be taken from 'Office' isn't merely that of laughter -- it's the pleasure of watching a piece of entertainment so perfectly made and so delicately acted."

What Entertainment Weekly said: "Deadwood has become one hell of a great gimmick-free Western."

Deadwood: Season 2

Metascore: 93

User score: 9.1

What Entertainment Weekly said: "Deadwood has become one hell of a great gimmick-free Western."

Photo: HBO

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2006

The Wire: Season 4

Metascore: 98

User score: 9.5

What the San Jose Mercury News said: "If you stick with it, you will be rewarded with some of the most compelling, provocative drama ever produced for television."

The Wire: Season 4

Metascore: 98

User score: 9.5

What the San Jose Mercury News said: "If you stick with it, you will be rewarded with some of the most compelling, provocative drama ever produced for television."

Photo: HBO

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2007

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 6

Metascore: 89

User score: 8.6

What Newsday said: "L.D. is back, and - based on viewing the first three episodes - his genius remains intact."

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 6

Metascore: 89

User score: 8.6

What Newsday said: "L.D. is back, and - based on viewing the first three episodes - his genius remains intact."

Photo: Jessica Miglio / HBO

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2009

Mad Men: Season 3

Metascore: 87

User score: 8.8

What Slant Magazine said: "Ideas became embedded into character and each member of the ensemble was given complex motivations within situations that challenged their natures. As the third season begins, we see that Weiner is committed strongly to going in this same direction with closeted homosexual Salvatore Romano."

What the Baltimore Sun said: "The final scene is a moment of pure TV story-telling mastery straight through to the sounding of 'Tobacco Road.' And you can feel the surge of energy it releases in Draper's psyche--and the series--practically radiating off the screen."

What Hitflix said: "The final scene is a moment of pure TV story-telling mastery straight through to the sounding of 'Tobacco Road.' And you can feel the surge of energy it releases in Draper's psyche--and the series--practically radiating off the screen."

What Slant Magazine said: "In this incarnation of Fargo, evil isn't just expressed haphazardly or ineptly through accident or spontaneous acts of violence."

Fargo: Season 2

Metascore: 96

User score: 9.3

What Slant Magazine said: "In this incarnation of Fargo, evil isn't just expressed haphazardly or ineptly through accident or spontaneous acts of violence."

Photo: Chris Large, Associated Press

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2016

Rectify: Season 4

Metascore: 100

User score: 8.5

What Indiewire said: "Season 4, which marks the all-too-soon end of 'Rectify'’s distinguished run, finds a fresh thematic connection for Daniel while simultaneously setting him free from past complications. More importantly, it gives Daniel an impeccably astute voice rarely heard before and never this magnified."

Survey: Leonard, Penny from 'The Big Bang Theory' are the most desirable neighbors of 2018

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If they were real people, most Americans would love to have Leonard and Penny from "The Big Bang Theory" as neighbors, according to a survey.

The comedic duo ranked as the most desirable neighbors on Zillow's annual Celebrity Neighbor Survey. Leonard and Penny got 19 percent of the votes, beating out the Dunphy's from "Modern Family" and the Simpsons, who each got 11 percent of the votes, according a press release.

"The Big Bang Theory is one of the most popular shows on television, so it is not surprising that American adults chose its leading couple as the most desirable neighbors for 2018," Jeremy Wacksman, chief marketing officer for Zillow, said in the release. "On the other hand, it wouldn't be easy to live next to the Simpsons, who have spent nearly 30 season causing chaos for neighbor Ned Flanders and the rest of Springfield."

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For the survey, 1,000 adults were polled online in America and asked who they would like to live next to and who they would like to avoid as neighbors.

The Simpsons topped the list for the least desirable neighbors in 2017 with 31 percent of the votes, this despite being ranked highly for the most desirable neighbors for 2018.

The Lannisters from HBO's "Game of Thrones" came in second for least desirable neighbors in 2017 at 21 percent.

Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler from "The Big Bang Theory" are not as favored as Leonard and Penny as neighbors, getting 9 percent of the total votes for least desirable neighbors.

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Will Axford is a digital reporter for Chron.com. Read more of his stories here and follow him on Twitter.